Baby Earth vs Baby Cubby

An essential item for a baby nursery is a crib. But with so many brands and styles to choose from, selecting the best crib can be an overwhelming experience. Do you choose the affordable crib? Or should you purchase the more popular brand?

What should be a fun shopping adventure, can quickly become more complicated than anyone deserves. Whether you are a parent, a friend, or a relative looking for a gift, finding the right crib requires planning.

Baby Crib Reviews

James and Heather Bendle opened their business in 2003 with the goal of providing traditional and innovative baby items to families. The company was rebranded in 2008 as Baby Earth, with the physical store located in Austin, Texas. They boast an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. They are also a Google Trusted Store.

The website is very user-friendly and overall, easy to navigate. You can narrow your search by selecting what brand and type of crib you'd prefer. Once you click on a specific crib, the website navigates to a page with a larger photo of the item and more information. If you're searching for a great deal, then you might want to check out their "Hot Deals," where you will find all of Baby Earth's current discounted
products.

The best aspect of Baby Earth is their customer service. Any order over $99.00 is eligible for free shipping. Thus, if you're purchasing a crib, you're more than likely not going to pay for the item to be delivered to your home. They do also offer same-day delivery for orders in the Austin, Texas area.

Overall, we were very impressed with how efficiently this company operates. However, we did find the look of the website to be a bit clunky. The items look crunched together. Our only suggestion to this company would be to streamline their homepage, perhaps using larger fonts and grouping their inventory into categories rather than posting small photos of every crib they have. Such changes would be easier on their
shoppers' eyes.

On the strength of their impeccable service, we give Baby Earth high marks. We hope they will improve some of the elements of their website to provide a less overwhelming first impression.

The Baby Cubby offers "the best of everything baby", from gear to clothes and more. Their goal is to help parents feel special and supported every step of the way, and to provide a shopping experience that is fun, relaxing, and helpful.

Baby Cubby has an extremely small selection of cribs: three brands and five total models to choose from, ranging in price from $260 to $829. If you'd like to save some money, keep an eye out for any pop-ups that appear on the screen: at the time of our review, there was an offer of a 10% discount for signing up for the Baby Cubby email newsletter. And, if one of the five cribs they offer is being sold at a lower
price somewhere else, you can request a price match either before or after you place your order on Baby Cubby.

Baby Cubby's return policy is average: unopened, unused items can be returned within 30 days of purchase and require a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number obtained by calling the customer service number.

We found several typos on the Baby Cubby site, leading us to wonder about the professionalism of the business. For example, the return policy page references Seven Seas Aquariums - which has nothing to do with baby products. That page, along with a few others, also had missing words and punctuation as if it had been copied and pasted from another website. Also, the phone number listed for Baby Cubby's customer service
was tied to a pet store and fishing nets business in Utah, further leaving us with questions as to the reputability of the retailer.

On a more positive note, however, the comments on the Baby Cubby Facebook page are extremely satisfied with both the Baby Cubby website and their retail location (which does happen to be in Utah); shoppers praise their customer service, variety of baby products, and overall shopping experience.

When it comes to baby cribs, most customers are likely to find what they're looking for with one of the better-stocked retailers in our review. In the future, we'd love to see Baby Cubby offer a wider range of cribs in both brand and price, and to fix some of the question marks with respect to their website.

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